ENOKA PHILLIPS
Enoka Phillips is a Native Hawaiian feather artist and cultural practitioner from Lahaina, Maui. Working primarily in the medium of Feathers and natural Fibers, his practice explores memory, lineage, place, and the relationships between people, birds, and the environment. Through the repetitive process of featherwork, Phillips creates contemporary works that honor Hawaiian traditions while reflecting on cultural continuity, belonging, and the stories carried within materials. His work has been exhibited throughout Hawaiʻi, Japan and New York, and he remains committed to sharing and perpetuating the art of hulu (Hawai'i Featherwork) through teaching, exhibitions, and community engagement.
Nā Kumu
Florence Makekau, Susie Uwēkoʻolani and Pattie Gomez
Instagram: @enokaphillips
Email: enokaphillips@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae
2001, born in Lahaina, Maui
Lives and works in Waianae
Solo Exhibition
2025 Piko — Poʻai by Pono Potions, Honolulu, HI, USA
2026 Nanea I Ka Hulu — Halekulani Gallery, Honolulu,HI, USA
Group Exhibitions
2026 Kala — First Hawaiian Bank, Honolulu, HI, USA
2025 Aupuni Space Junior, vol. 3 — Aupuni Space, Honolulu, HI, USA
2025 Hawaiʻi Craftsmen Annual Statewide Exhibition — Downtown Art Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
2025 Hana noʻeau: New takes on traditional Hawaiian media — Downtown Art Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
2025 April ua brings June pua — Thrd Haus, Hoʻopili, HI, USA
2025 Nuuanu — The Trunk Hotel, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
2024 Artists of Hawaiʻi Biennial — Downtown Art Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
Awards
Hō`akea Source, Grant Awardee, 2026
Art Fairs
2025 Punahou Art Gallery — Punahou School, Honolulu, HI, USA
2026 Punahou Art Gallery — Punahou School, Honolulu, HI, USA
Collections
2025 Piko III (poepoe lei hulu, golden pheasant & peacock feathers, framed) — Poʻai by Pono Potions
2025 Last Wash (lei hulu poepoe, golden pheasant feathers, framed) — Philpotts Interiors
Press
Nordstrom, Leigh. “Luciane Buchanan Brings Hawaiian History to Life in Apple TV+’s Chief of War." Women’s Wear Daily, 2025.
Dekneef, Matthew. “Twenty Kānaka Artists on Twenty-Five Years of Hawaiian Art.” Flux Hawaiʻi , 2025.
Kesel, Lindsey. “Manifesting Maui.” Halekulani Living, 2024.
Escalante, Eunica. “Artists and Thinkers Offer Fresh Interpretation of the Hawaiian Sense of Place.” Violet, 2022.